See also: 2006 in India, other events of 2007, 2008 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.
Events
Deaths
January to June
- 27 January - Kamleshwar, writer, screenwriter, critic and essayist (b.1932).
- 28 January - O. P. Nayyar, film music director and composer (b.1926).
- 2 February - Vijay Arora, actor (b.1946).
- 4 March - Sunil Kumar Mahato, politician, assassinated (b.1966).
- 5 April - Leela Majumdar, writer (b.1908).
- 5 April - Poornachandra Tejaswi, writer and novelist (b.1938).
- 13 April - Dhulipala Seetharama Sastry, actor (b.1921).
- 27 May - Ibrahim Saeed, journalist, editor and scholar (b.1945).
- 27 May - G. Srinivasan, film producer (b.1958).
- 13 June - Ramchandra Gandhi, philosopher, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi (b.1937).
- 15 June - Dr. Mohamad Abdul Tayyab, agricultural scientist (b.1932).
July to December
- 2 July - Dilip Sardesai, cricketer (b.1940).
- 8 July - Chandra Shekhar, politician, 11th Prime Minister of India (b.1927).
- 21 August - Qurratulain Hyder, novelist and short story writer, academic and journalist (b.1926).
- 10 October - S. R. Bommai, politician and Chief Minister of Karnataka (b.1924).
- 11 October - Sri Chinmoy, spiritual teacher and philosopher (b.1931).
- 27 October - Satyen Kappu, actor (b.1931).
- 21 December - Teji Bachchan, wife of poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and mother of actor, Amitabh Bachchan.
- 25 December - G. P. Sippy, film producer and director (b.1914).
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